South Koreans cut off fingers in anti-Japanese protest

Twenty South Koreans have each chopped off a finger in a protest over Japanese textbooks they claim gloss over Second World War atrocities.

South Koreans cut off fingers in anti-Japanese protest

Twenty South Koreans have each chopped off a finger in a protest over Japanese textbooks they claim gloss over Second World War atrocities.

The protest came as Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited a shrine in Tokyo to pay homage to Japan's 2.5 million war dead.

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